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Removing the half-length I/O book

This information provides instructions for removing the half-length I/O book.

To remove the half-length I/O book, complete the following steps:

  1. Before you begin, read Safety and Installation guidelines .
  2. The half-length I/O book is hot-swappable if no adapters are installed in the I/O book. If adapters are installed in the I/O book, you must first press the Power button on the I/O book (or via the operating system) and power-off all three PCIe adapter slots before you remove the I/O book from the server. The slots LED lights will be off when the slots are off-line.
  3. Remove any external cables that are attached to the adapters.
  4. Press the blue release latch downward; then, rotate the handle all the way down and slide the I/O book out of the server.

    Illustration of removing a half-length I/O book
  5. Open the adapter retention latch.
  6. Remove the adapters from the I/O book (see Removing an adapter).

If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to Completing the installation.